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NeSI know-how webinar 1: 4 tips for getting started with NeSI

In this webinar, we'll walk through a few quick tips and best practices for anyone wanting to know the basics of high performance computing on NeSI. NeSI's Nooriyah Lohani will present 4 mini-topics... Read more

Thursday, April 15, 2021 - 12:00 to 13:00

Register now for one (or all) of the NeSI know-how webinars

Starting on 15 April NeSI is hosting a ‘NeSI know-how’ webinar mini-series.  You are invited to come to one or all lunchtime sessions to get a taste for what is possible when you work on NeSI... Read more

Posted at Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - 16:42

Now accepting applications for Carpentries instructor training 2021

We are now accepting applications for the Carpentries instructor training workshop happening this May - it is a wonderful learning opportunity for people wanting to develop their teaching skills,... Read more

Posted at Thursday, April 1, 2021 - 10:09

Quantifying uncertainty in palaeoecological data

"During the consultancy I learned a great deal about how to program efficiently, implement unit testing, and how seemingly tiny changes to a script can have a great effect on the required time and computer resources."
Subject: 
Earth Science

Improved tracking of land cover changes

James Shepherd wanted to reduce the turnaround time for processing his data, so he applied for a Consultancy project with NeSI research software engineers.
Subject: 
Earth Science
A screenshot of an interpolation simlulation run by researcher Tom Etherington.

Supporting ecological research through enhanced interpolation capability

“I will now be able to make better maps of environmental variables, and hence much better models of species distributions."
Subject: 
Earth Science

RMarkdown for Researchers: Weave together narrative text and code

Creating clear analyses that is reproducible sounds simple. So why do many of us struggle to re-run code that was developed 2, 5, or 10 years ago or find ourselves utterly lost when attempting to... Read more

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 - 12:00 to 13:00

Job opportunity: DevOps and Integration Programmer

NeSI has an exciting opportunity available for a DevOps and Integration Programmer. In this role, you'll contribute within a small team of software engineers in product development, translating... Read more

Posted at Tuesday, March 2, 2021 - 16:49

Women in HPC respond to community feedback for supporting diversity in HPC & eResearch

As part of the eResearch NZ 2021 Conference, the Australasia Chapter of Women in High Performance Computing (WHPC) hosted a Birds-of-a-Feather session to share results from its recent community... Read more

Posted at Friday, February 26, 2021 - 08:53

Highlights from Carpentry Connect 2021: Bringing together New Zealand's digital skills community

Carpentry Connect 2021 was a great success with 40 people joining to learn from and network with fellow Carpentries community members. The event agenda was carefully crafted by a team of local... Read more

Posted at Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 16:00